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The Swim Meet
I loved it when our high school swim coach had Sarah demonstrate the butterfly stroke for the team. Not only was she incredibly smooth in the water, but her demonstrations gave me, and all of the varsity boys, a chance to peruse her well-defined arms, her soft C-cup breasts, and her round, tight ass. She was perfectly proportioned for her 5'4" frame. Sarah was tan, like all the varsity girls, but her skin appeared exceptionally silky and dark against her platinum blonde hair, blue eyes, and radiant, white smile.
On our way to swim meets, the guys would take turns sharing fantasies about Sarah. It became our warm-up of sorts. There was one rule…we had to end our fantasy with the phrase, "and then I pulled out just in time to paint her face with my cum!" Every guy on the team, even the swimmers with girlfriends, admitted they dreamed of fucking Sarah. We all imagined that she loved to fuck and especially loved to have guys cum on her.
Well, at one of the last meets of the season, I was in for something special. Turns out our dramatic porn-star fantasies weren't quite accurate. After the team warm-up, I typically focused myself by listening to my discman in a quiet corner of the pool deck. The meet had just started, and I sat calmly in the corner watching the first race, when Sarah approached me and asked if I wanted to take a walk over to the locker rooms where we all left our belongings and snacks. I instantly agreed and we snuck off the pool deck. Under our parkas, we had nothing on but our swimsuits. Guys wore small, dark blue Speedos that were cut just above their butt and pubic line. Girls wore matching one-pieces. Sarah's suit had a fairly conservative top that nicely supported her plump breasts and firm ass, but the bottom was high cut around her hips, exposing her strong, but feminine, upper thighs. The suit clung to her body so you could see her well-defined abs and inviting mons.
Just being alone with her made my cock start to swell. My speedo was so tight that any movement whatsoever down there was noticeable. Sarah and I made our way to the locker room, which was in a secluded part of campus. Because no one was around, Sarah giggled, grabbed my hand, and dragged me towards the girls' locker room.
"What are you doing??" I playfully asked.
"You're helping me get my things! Trust me...it's safe in here." My cheeks blushed because I new my cock was visibly hard and was beginning to poke out of the top corner of my suit. She pulled me in, winding me through a maze of lockers to the middle part of the room where there was a long table upon which the girl's team had left their belongings. Sarah led me to the table, my hand in hers, and she turned around slowly. Her pea-size nipples were rock hard under her dark blue swimsuit. She smiled, looked up into my eyes and said, "I have been DYING to get you alone all season long." My heart melted. Her hands gently lifted my parka off my broad shoulders, and she slowly slid her hands down my well-defined arms, landing them on my waist. That's when she noticed my throbbing erection. It was protruding a full inch and a 1/2 above the top corner of my speedo. Sarah looked up to me and said, "All the girls say you've got the biggest cock on the team," as she slowly pulled the drawstring apart, allowing my cock to spring up out of my suit. "Looks like they're right!" Staring hungrily at my cock, Sarah slid her hands around my waist and down under my suit onto my muscular, hairless ass. She hooked her thumbs over my suit and pushed it down off of my waist. "I've spent several nights dreaming about sucking it." She looked back up at me and grinned. She slid one hand onto my dick and pulled my mouth toward hers with the other. Her warm, moist tongue pierced my lips kissed passionately, and I pressed my body against hers. She kissed her way slowly down my neck, passing over my powerful hairless chest, stopping briefly to flick my nipples with her tongue, and continued south over washboard stomach. When she arrived at my crotch, she eagerly took my 7 inches into her mouth. Her tongue slid up and down my shaft while she firmly squeezed my smooth ass.
"Fuck yeah, Sarah!" I moaned as I gently pushed her head back and forth on my rod. My knees began to weaken as she brought me close to my limit. She lavished my pre-cum, but I pulled away so I could do what I, and all of my teammates, had fantasized about for the past 3 years. I removed her parka and pulled her suit down from her shoulders to her waist, revealing her full, round tits. I lowered my face into her cleavage and firmly bit her rose colored nipples. This sent lightning through her body and she helplessly cried out, "UUUUuugggghhh!!!" While I kissed and licked her soft breasts, she and I wiggled her suit down to her ankles. I grabbed her perfect, smooth ass and gave it a blistering slap. "MMMMmmm! Yeah!" She moaned. Moisture was dripping down her thigh. I lifted Sarah onto the table and marveled at her thin runway of blonde hair leading directly to the smoothest pussy I had ever laid eyes on. I kissed and caressed my way down her torso with my lips, softly stroking her arms, ass, and legs. Once I made it to her crotch, I teased her a little by licking her inner thigh and glistening pussy lips. I left her swollen clit and pussy alone for the moment. I gently lapped at her pussy like the flame of a candle, causing her to burn and writhe with anticipation. "Lick me NOW" She screamed, grabbing my head with both hands and thrusting my mouth onto her pussy. Her sweet juices began exploding in my mouth. My face became covered with her sweet wetness. I flicked her clit with my tongue as she seized with pleasure. Her thighs quivered as I slid my tongue in and out of her pussy. "Huuuhhhh uhhh!!!" She gasped for air as she came on my face.
I quickly responded by standing up and by sliding the head of my cock slowly into her pussy. "UUUUUuuuuggh!!! Yeeesss! Yess! Fuck me!!! I need your huge cock inside me!!" Perpetuating her full-body orgasm, I slammed my rock hard dick into her as fast as I could. Her warm, soaking wet pussy welcomed my cock. My head rammed deep against her pussy walls. My balls slammed against her tight asshole as I rapidly fucked her. Her cum lubricated my balls and dripped onto the table. Sarah squeezed her bouncing tits, pinching her nipples while I increased my tempo. I couldn't wait to live the dream that every guy on the team shared...to be able to "pull out just in time to paint her face with my cum." Her mouth was open and her tongue was dancing in the air, yearning to suck cock.
I leaned over her while I fucked her and said, "I'm gonna cum so hard! I'm gonna cum all over your face!!" I playfully slapped her face. Her hips shook with another orgasm. She could hardly talk, she was so wound up, but she managed to say, "Nnn...No..cccum...in...my...mmmouth!!!" Without hesitation, I pulled out just in time to place 4 inches of my throbbing cock in her mouth. My balls constricted and exploded a mouthful of hot cum deep into her throat.
"AAAAAAAArrrgggh!!! AAAAarrrgh!! Aaaargh!!!" I moaned as she grasped my cock and milked me for all I had. Sarah swallowed gulp after gulp of my cum as my sweaty body collapsed on top of hers.
We both managed to recover and make it back to the meet before our first event. We both had a relaxed grin on our face for the rest of the meet. I couldn't wait until the meet next week to tell the guys the REAL ending to their fantasies..."and then I pulled out just in time to coat her throat with my cum!" We're both collegiate swimmers now and have incredible sex before and after every swim meet!


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The Cubs minor league recap for Tuesday, August 28. Daytona was again cancelled because of rain.
The AZL Cubs tried to come back, but ended up losing to the Diamondbacks 6-4. Dillon Maples started and got the loss allowing two unearned runs in one inning. The Cubs used six more pitchers to get through the rest of the game. Some of the good pitching performances were Loiger Padron who struck out three and allowed one hit in two innings. Anthony York struggled giving up three runs in just 0.2 innings. Daniel Adrian, Jin-Young Kim, and Arturo Maltos-Garcia all combined to strike out eight in just three innings. Garrett Schlecht was really good night going 4-for-4 with a double, triple, and three runs scored. Yasiel Balaguert was 2-for-4 with a triple and a run scored. Trevor Gretzky and Carlos Penalver each had a hit and an RBI. Justin Marra had a double and Jeff Baez knocked in one run in the loss.
Boise jumped on Everett early scoring seven runs in the first two innings and ended up winning 7-3. Stephen Bruno has been outstanding and Tuesday was no different going 3-for-5 with a run scored. Jeimer Candelario and Gioskar Amaya each hit a home run with Candelario driving in two and Amaya three. Wilson Contreras and Marco Hernandez had two hits a piece with Contreras having two RBIs. Carlos Escobar and Darien Martin each had a hit in the win. Although he didn't have a hit it was nice to see Albert Almora get back in the lineup. Pierce Johnson got the start pitching two innings, allowing one unearned run on three hits while striking out three. Jose Arias pitched the next three innings allowing one run on one hit, while walking four and striking out three. Brian Smith pitched the next 2.2 innings and got the win not allowing a run and striking out three. Rafael Diplan notched his first save of the season, striking out two of the four outs he recorded.
Peoria gave up three runs in the ninth and lost to Wisconsin 4-1. In some really good new Ben Wells got the start in his first game with Peoria since coming back from injury. He pitched two innings allowing no runs on two hits, with one walk. Willengton Cruz did a very nice job in relief pitching five innings allowing one run on three hits, while striking out four. Justin Berg took the loss giving up three runs in the ninth inning. The Chiefs only had four hits on Tuesday. Pin-Chieh Chen and Dustin Geiger each had hits as did Timothy Saunders and Jacob Rogers. Jorge Soler did not have a hit, but walked twice and scored the Chiefs lone run.
Tennessee gave up one run in the ninth to tie the game, but walked-off in the 10th beating Mobile 6-5. Logan Watkins was the hero hitting the walk off home run in the 10th, he ended the night 2-for-4 with a double and a home run. Michael Brenly had quite a nice night as well going 3-for-4 with a home run, one RBI and two runs scored. Matt Cerda was 2-for-4 with a run scored and Michael Burgess had a pinch hit RBI single. Junior Lake and Rubi Silva each had a hit in the Smokies win. Austin Kirk got the start going seven strong innings. He gave up three runs, two earned on seven hits, while walking one and striking out one. Kevin Rhoderick gave up a run in one inning, but got the ball to Frank Batista with the lead. Batista blew the save, but got the win. Tennessee is playing good ball lately and they are now 33-32, but it appears to be too late as they are five out and are one game away from being eliminated.
Iowa lost to Nashville 7-3. Horacio Ramirez wasn't good giving up seven runs on nine hits in 4.2 innings. Miguel Socolovich, Rafael Dolis, and Jairo Asencio combined to pitch 3.1 innings not allowing a run. Alfredo Amezaga was 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs. Tony Campana and Matt Tolbert each had two hits, with Tolbert scoring a run. Greg Rohan, Dave Sappelt, and James Adduci each had a hit in the Cubs loss.
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Reaching goals and finishing the work that we had originally organized for ourselves are all marvelous accomplishments. But regular practice matters too, and even when it seems to fall into redundancy and repetitive boredom. The art of regular practice also brings its future rewards and adds a nice structure to our lives.
Within the martial arts of guns, one great practice represents the use of snap caps. They are hard polymer plastic, bullet lookalikes, and they are often of burgundy red color. Gun stores usually sell them in all pistol, shotgun and rifle gauges: from .22 rounds to .45 rounds, from 10 gauge to 30 gauge, and from .17 rounds to .308 rounds.
In the Wild West Days of the States, about a hundred and forty years ago, cowboys, farmers, ranchers, soldiers, warriors, outlaws, bandidos, circus performers, cooks, miners, sheriffs, posses, and all sorts of other types, regularly practiced their dry firing techniques in order to become proficient shooters. They practiced their stances, draw, reach, deholstering, aim, sights, breath, trigger squeeze and holstering their weapons. They didn't have snap caps in those days, so they had to dry fire without live ammo, or they used live ammo out in the desert, which could get expensive.
The problem with dry firing weapons like the Colt Six Gun Shooter and the Winchester Lever Action Repeating Rifle was that dry firing eventually dulled the firing pin and the trigger mechanism. The hard metal on metal hits, and without any live ammo to give some type of cushion, weakened the weapons' performance. Imagine going into real combat with some real live ammo – and not having your weapon work properly. This was one of the real and terrible fears of gunslingers back in those days.
Live firing with snap caps is a safe and effective technique for acquiring the martial arts of firearm use.
Now we shooters are lucky in that snap caps allow us to practice in our homes without worrying about severe noise or destroying our weapons through dry firing without anything between the firing pin and the trigger mechanism or bolt-action area. The snap cap has the same shape of the real bullet, except it doesn't explode and it is perfect for receiving the force of the firing mechanism.
These days, visiting the live fire gun range is expensive, unless you have access to someone's land for shooting or live near a free use shooting range. But even the amount of ammo normally used in one day of shooting is not cheap. Many shooters go through hundreds of rounds, firing most of their weapons, such as rifles, shotguns and pistols.
The dry firing technique at home with snap caps allows the shooter the ability to practice in private and not have to spend a great deal of money during one day of live fire. Nothing beats the actual practice and skill building of live firing however. But snap caps allow that reinforcement of good skills, which can eventually help produce a good shooting day at the range.
At home, I often practice with snap caps in particular situations. For example, I will use snap caps for dealing with potential jams, malfunctions or stovepipes in my weapons, then practicing safety drills, clearing the jams, and return firing.
I use the snap caps for stance, holstering, drawing the weapons, sight alignment, aim, breathing, proper trigger squeezing and holstering my weapon once again. I will often practice shooting the weapon with one hand, and then with two hands. With my pistols, I like to switch back and forth between left and right hands. Sometimes, while I was live firing, I have heeled, anticipated or flinched when shooting my weapons. I use the dry firing of snap caps to help correct such bad shooting habits.
At home, I also practice imaginary self-defense scenarios, where I move out of cover and try shooting back at a target, or reaching for a weapon nearby when doing another task, such as Internet surfing, and then facing a serious threat, and immediately afterwards, returning quick succession of dry fire. Dry firing with snap caps is not that loud, except for the movement of bolt metal in the chamber. I still use ear plugs with my dry fire practice however.
Snap caps are very simple to use because the shooter simply loads the snap caps like normal live bullets into the chamber or magazine. The racking and ejecting of the snap caps is often the same as live firing with brass, steel and shotgun casings. Instead of a used casing flying out, the snap cap ejects completely.
Before going to your weapons for dry firing snap caps, use the safety protocols. The number one protocol is to check the weapon for any live cartridges in the chambers and in the magazines. I like to leave green zip ties in the chamber-bore area after doing a dry firing round.
The main safety concerns with snap caps refer to keeping the caps in a completely separate place from the live ammo. All live ammo should have its special place for storage in your private abode. Nothing could be worse than to have your snap caps lying around near the live ammo, and then mistakenly loading a live cartridge or cartridges with the snap caps.
The sound and damage of a live round going off in your home could ruin your life forever. These terrible negligent discharges do happen. Keep all snap caps in a particular site for regular dry firing practice. Store the live ammo in a completely different area of your house.
The other safety concern is just getting finger tired, bored or lazy. After dry firing repeatedly, the mind can start to lose its awareness. This is the time to stop the snap cap practice and return to it for another day.
With the amount of money spent driving out to the range and going through lots of ammunition, the dry firing of snap caps allows gun owners to practice the martial arts of firearms within a place of residence.


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DeBlasio's plans to open the 1st shelter is within a four block radius (also known as a "cluster") already hosting the following:
With all the above info, the residents of Crown heights are clearly not unsympathetic and not anti-homeless.
My guess is that the Nostrand/Atlantic site is the La Quinta Inn at 1229 Atlantic. It is probably part of the 436-room expansion in the city's homeless hotel portfolio that is the subject of this NYT article: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/07/nyregion/homelessness-new-york-city-hotels.html
I'm sympathetic to the oversaturation argument, but if those of
you who oppose this shelter succeed and get the City to put it in some other
community, where do you think it will go? Park Slope? Boerum Hill? No way. It
will end up in Brownsville or Canarsie. My guess is that you wouldn't care
either way so long as it's not here.
The fact is shelters will go where the real estate is cheaper. A
property the size of 1173 Bergen would cost two or three times as much in
Gowanus or DUMBO. I'd rather see the City spend the limited dollars budgeted
for homeless services on helping more homeless people rather than buying real
estate in expensive areas. If that means my community has to cope with a few
hundred more human beings in distress, so be it. I for one will welcome them. I'm
saddened to see that many of my neighbors will not.
@RadGirl Thank you for the walk down memory lane. I don't reread my old Brooklynian posts as often as I should. It's true that I don't go walking around the neighborhood scouting out sites for new homeless shelters, but perhaps I ought to.
I agree that oversaturation is a problem, though Crown Heights is by no means the most oversaturated community in the City. I assume that this is why you lump Bedford-Stuyvesant into your talking points in order to goose the numbers.
I also agree that the City is inept (or worse) at siting new shelters, communicating with the community, and dealing with the homelessness epidemic in general. DHS is non-transparent in its site selection and inarticulate in its community outreach. The fact that just last night they would not disclose the number of beds in the shelters they plan to close is outrageous. That even pissed me off, and I support this thing. However, there is no other entity with a billion dollar budget focused on helping homeless people.
And I also agree that the people who live and work within vicinity of the Bedford-Atlantic shelter suffer numerous quality of life issues and other grievances that the City does not address as well as they should. But not all shelters are alike, and 1173 Bergen is not looking like another Bedford-Atlantic. I lived down the block from the Institute for Community Living facility on St. Marks and Brooklyn for two years and would have never known there was a shelter there if I hadn't been curious about the building and googled it.
Now, if CORE doesn't live up to its obligations at 1173 Bergen I'll gladly join the community in pushing back hard. I'll also gladly join any effort to push the City to build more supportive and affordable housing on property it owns in CB8 (like at 530-542 Dean Street, as I mentioned in that prior post of mine you dug up).
I won't sign your petition, however. I think the magnitude of the current homelessness epidemic requires rapid action, even though that action will of necessity be messy and imperfect and will affect certain communities more than others, for reasons that are complex and unpopular to discuss. That's reality.
Instead of a "shut it down" posture, I would instead support getting the City to make certain explicit commitments about this and future shelters in Crown Heights. For instance, get them to commit to convert 1173 Bergen into permanent supportive housing once the City's homeless numbers fall from the current 60,000 to a lower benchmark. Or get a commitment from the City to convert the Brower Park library building into affordable housing once the library relocates to the Children's Museum.
If the City wants to place an extraordinary burden on Crown Heights as it struggles to solve the homelessness epidemic I won't say no. But I would push for the community to receive extraordinary benefits in recompense.
As a resident of Crown Heights, I know for certain that the folks who live here are not anti-shelter--we are anti over saturation. As it was mentioned at the meeting, we have one hospital, Interfaith. This hospital has been on the verge of closing too. How do you justify placing all these facilities, (e.g. shelters, halfway houses, methadone clinics, etc.) in an area where resources are being taken away?
The Mayor's plan is irresponsible and poorly executed. His plan clearly shows how little he thinks of our community as well as the homeless. The homeless need their own affordable apartments.
It is time that these developers and investors are held accountable. They receive a boat load of subsidies and tax breaks. They need to start allotting more apartments at below market rate.
Housing the homeless in shelters cost more money than subsidizing their rent in an affordable apartment.
Marco555 said:On the bright side, "undesirable facilities" keep housing prices lower and relatively affordable, right?!Exactly!!
Marco555 said:Thanks, @faithful813. I still have a few questions since I'm not completely understanding the conversation here -- A hospital closer doesn't mean it's being taken away. It means it can't support itself and no one is stepping in to fill that role. So I don't see how this plays into the question of Crown Heights not having the resources to support shelters? Do the homeless need their own affordable housing? I always thought the goal was to help the homeless - and all, really - become self sufficient citizens. Subsidized housing doesn't really check that box. Also, developers are allowing units for below market rate in exchange for breaks. The tax code that enforced that exchange is what led to all the luxury, high rises we see around us. If we can acknowledge that developers are business people & not the government that functions at a real loss, what role do developers play here? What resources does crown heights not have but will will have to spend with new shelters?I agree that Interfaith has had financial issues and this is the reason why it has been on the cusp of closing. The Mayor has stated that he wants to open the shelters in the community where the homeless last lived where they will be familiar with churches, hospitals, etc. The point was that Crown Heights/Bed Stuy has one hospital and we don't know how much longer it will be there.The city has to change the way they give out these subsidies to developers and investors--that I agree with. All developers care for are their bottom line. Cutting funding to Section 8 and voucher programs has also contributed to the homeless population.
Can you explain how de Blasio is reinforcing racial segregation with this decision? I'd love to understand the point you're making!RadGirl said:Mayor de Blasio says he is "turning the tide," but he is bringing a tsunami of homelessness to Crown Heights, reinforcing racial segregation and a cycle of poverty for an area carrying far more than its fair share of homeless shelters.
I think Gothamist buried the lede on this story.
DeBlasio's feel-good arguments about preserving "family" and "community" in the location of new shelters is a red herring. The new shelter on Bergen is taking people from ALL OVER BROOKLYN, not just the immediate neighborhood. There is therefore no reason why the same shelter couldn't be put in less over-saturated neighborhoods. Rather than doing something new, DeBlasio is perpetuating business as usual: moving poor and troubled men to historically poor communities that lack the political connections and economic strength of other neighborhoods. This just keeps kicking people when they're down.
The mayor initially justified locating new shelters in already over-saturated communities by claiming "We were doing the whole thing wrong, just like our predecessors had done the whole thing wrong because there was no reference to community, there was no reference to family." He continued, "We believe there's much more chance of people being respected and accepted if they're close to the neighborhood they come from."
But now DHS has "clarified" that the men at this shelter will be from all of Brooklyn. So, if you are an older man who falls on hard times ANYWHERE in Brooklyn, you can come to "your community" and your "family" in Crown Heights. What a load of crap.
DeBlasio should know better. He helped in the semi-successful fight against the Atlantic Armory's conversion into an intake center for all of NYC by making the same arguments about over-saturation and the Fair Share act. Now, his supposed commitment to preserving "family" and "community" reads more like a bait-and-switch technique.
Here is my non-expert, amateur understanding of the fair share criteria (a more detailed version can be found here:yesbrooklyn said:So fair share essentially means nothing?
My prediction would be an opening in late May.
Judge Levine states the sides will come together, "with the hope and belief that something good can come of the negotiations."
For those in the "shut-it-down" camp, what exactly is their negotiating chip besides further stalling or preventing it from opening?


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Sep 25, 2013, 11:21 PM »
Hi Rad, I want to let you know how I'm approaching this and ask if you have any suggestions for me.
Since I have such a limited knowledge and understanding of anatomy and physiology I've just been picking a few of the correlations you listed and putting forth effort to understand the very very basic nature of that anatomy or physiology and to try to understand the nature/reasons for their astrological correlations. This way I am allowing for small steps. What I'm reminding myself is that its more valuable to learn just a couple new things than to try to "memorize" data or find a way to include lots of the data you have listed. This being said, it is a hard process for me - something that I'm finding I can only concentrate on for small periods of time.
So I'm very receptive to any suggestions you may have for me regarding this learning process.
Also, why is fat Saturn?
Thank you,
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Sep 26, 2013, 08:13 AM »
Hi Ari,
"So I'm very receptive to any suggestions you may have for me regarding this learning process."
To me the best way to learn about the anatomy and physiology of the body is to see the 'whole' of it first so that all of it's individual parts them make sense. So, for me, that starts with understanding the genetic structure of the body as a root issue. From that root of genetics all manifests from there: like a root of a flower that then creates a steam, branches, and then flowers. The body is just like that. So by understanding the root of genetics all other body things can be understood.
"Also, why is fat Saturn?"
Fats correlate to Saturn, Capricorn, and the 10th House because they are part of the natural structure of the body that promote healthy skin and hair, insulating body organs against shock, maintaining body temperature, and promoting healthy cell function. Fat also serves the function of storing energy within the body that it needs to use at all times: like money in the bank. Fat also serves as a vehicle to buffer the body against many types of disease by diluting from the bloodstream excessive levels of various substances that can cause disease. This diluting process is then stored in the body by way of new fat substances that serve to insulate various body organs against these potential diseases until they can be eliminated by way of being metabolized or removed from the body via various forms of excretion.
God Bless, Rad
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Sep 27, 2013, 11:42 AM »
I'm going to step back from the analysis part of this thread but will be following and asking questions as they come up.
ari moshe
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Sep 29, 2013, 12:11 AM »
Hi Rad, I want to let you know where I'm at. I have come to realize is that what's best for me is to keep it really simple to just focus on the anatomy/physiology that I already understand for now before trying to incorporate so much new data. I've been experiencing stress in researching the connection between so many aspects of the body without having the necessary baseline understanding. I feel I need to allow the connections to built more slowly and organically. And I do intend to begin studying genetics.
So I'm going to start over again with this approach and make a solid effort to post something concrete and very simple for tomorrow night (Sunday). If you do have any further advice/guidance regarding my participation in this thread I am very open to receive it. Thank you,
With love, am
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Sep 29, 2013, 07:59 AM »
Hi Ari,
Your approach is just right to me. In the long term, yes, study genetics and evolutionary biology. For now do exactly as you intend to do: one step at a time.
God Bless, Rad
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Sep 29, 2013, 09:51 PM »
Hi Rad,
Why is saturn associated with the anal canal?
Is the structure of the nose co-ruled with saturn because simply the nose is made of bone and cartilage?
So basic correlations with Mars in the 10th house, just by itself can imply an individual that might be very strong. Muscles that connect to the bones, as well as the bones, correlate to Saturn. Mars is muscles as well. So there can be a strong structure to this body.
Taking Uranus in the 4th just by itself, since the 4th house correlates to all containers in the body and Uranus correlates to "bursting" when an existing limitation has reached a restriction, there can be issues with holding on to urine due to unresolved childhood trauma, leading to a bursting of the bladder. With Mars in opposition in the 10th house, we can also see a strain on the muscles that would be involved in contracting the bladder, which can lead to things like ruptures of some sort. Rupturing can occur within the anal canal as well.
Along with the possibility of trauma linked with sexual function, now we see that there may be a repression/holding back of sexual desire due to unresolved emotional trauma and guilt linked to the sexual function. This holding back of the sexual impulse - especially if during sex - can lead to a build up of semen which creates stress on the testes which can result in a bladder infection, or injure/weaken the muscle that is responsible for ejaculation. Something can rupture as well.
There can be injuries to the nose, 10th house, Uranus, which leads to an impediment of air flow, which leads to a lack of oxygen going to the brain which leads to a decrease in concentration. Difficulty in breathing can lead to cramping and pain in the stomach and an overall poor ability to digest food. All this can lead to pain in the spine in various places. Due to conditioned emotional responses, this individual may perpetuate stress in the body and the alignment of the spine by creating forceful and compulsive movements such as compulsively cracking the neck or spine when nervous or under emotional stress.
Since Mars rules the naval Chakra and we're looking at it's placement in the 10th house opposite Uranus there may be repression of basic urges, which then leads to a holding back of his fire which can translate to weak digestion. This can lead to inflections in various organs in the body. There may be issues with elimination here as well, Saturn root chakra along with the anal canal.
The Moon correlates to the third eye, there may be great psychic sensitivity to his surroundings - due to being very sensitive, this soul may be on guard all the time, on emotional defense - this can lead to high blood pressure (is this true?) and other conditions I stated above such as issues with elimination, bursting or hemoraging of organs as a result of creating so much internal stress. The third eye correlation of the Moon along with Uranus in the 4th correlating to so many parts of the brain, and migraines in general, there can be strong headaches that are set off by various stress stimuli.
Thank you Rad,
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Re: Medical Astrology
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Sep 30, 2013, 06:24 AM »
Hi Rad
I'm sorry I've not been able to post in this thread or the thread on the Planetary Method. Too much travelling going on recently and during the last couple of months, has been quite extenuating and has demanded too much time. I will try to arrange a place/time to work on this and post as soon as possible. Also, thank you so much Rad for referring to the website about placenta previa.
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Re: Medical Astrology
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Sep 30, 2013, 08:39 AM »
Hi Ari,
"Why is saturn associated with the anal canal?"
First, it is co-ruled with Pluto where Pluto correlates with elimination and feces. Saturn because of it's correlations with valves, the anal canal have valves within it, that secrete lubrications to moisten the feces itself that helps in the passage of the feces.
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Rad, I have a few questions.
Is Urine also Pluto as it correlates to elimination?
Are feces/urine also connected to Saturn? I ask this as feces/urine contain excess nutrients.
Are the vocal chords Mercury and/or Venus?
Is radiation Sun/Pluto?
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Re: Medical Astrology
Reply #129 on:
Oct 02, 2013, 06:39 AM »
Hi Skywalker,
Quote from: Skywalker on Oct 02, 2013, 03:25 AM
Rad, I have a few questions.
Is Urine also Pluto as it correlates to elimination?
Urine has a co-ruler: Moon and Pluto
Are feces/urine also connected to Saturn? I ask this as feces/urine contain excess nutrients.
No. Feces is specific to Pluto, the 8th house, and Scorpio. Urine is co-ruled with the Moon and Pluto.
Are the vocal chords Mercury and/or Venus?
Mercury correlates to the vocal cords of themselves, where Venus correlates to the actual quality of the 'sound' that the vocal cords produce. This is like the ears wherein the the anatomy of the ears is Mercury whereas the psychology of how we hear is Venus.
Is radiation Sun/Pluto?
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Re: Medical Astrology
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Oct 03, 2013, 07:42 AM »
Hi All,
Once Gonzalo post's on this segment I will review your work, and we can move on.
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Re: Medical Astrology
Reply #131 on:
Oct 07, 2013, 06:04 AM »
Hi Rad
Thanks for waiting for me. However, most likely I will not be able to dedicate fully to this post until a couple days more, so please move on if necessary.
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Re: Medical Astrology
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Oct 07, 2013, 07:45 AM »
Hi Gonzalo,
We can wait so if you would like to make your post please do.
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Re: Medical Astrology
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Hi Rad and group
thanks so much for waiting for me to post .. and thank you so much Rad for sharing and teaching us this so incredible material. It is really amazing.
God Bless, Gonzalo
Medical correlations - Uranus 4th House opposed Mars 10th House
* An Intensified signature of stress and/or potential PTSD, connecting to prior lifetimes and/or early environment, a signature for potential early domestic violence, and child abuse … probably not all cases, but perhaps most of them …
* extreme intensity of emotional states thereof, because of the 4th House AND Uranus correlations with the Amygdala and the Cingulate Cortex, and the 4th House correlation with the Limbic system
* Confirms Intensity of imbalances of neurotransmitter serotonin because of its correlation with Saturn/Uranus/Moon
* The HPA system would be very implied, because of Uranus/4th House correlation with Hypothalamus, Pituitary correlation with Saturn (as well as Pluto and Jupiter) and Mars correlation with the adrenals.
* potential 'breakdown in the integrity of the b and t cells that manifest from the bone marrow, which can then implicate immune system issues'. Also, the high levels of stress would directly impact on the immune system. 'Imbalance between the white and red blood cells'.
* because it is a signature of potential fragmentation within personality (Uranus 4th House), it can correlate with what was called few years ago borderline personality disorder, the symbols correlating most cases with aspects of the personality defined by extremely intense emotions which are not integrated between them and within the personality ..
* I am reasoning that these sole symbols can reflect either the potential for high levels of sustained stress, or the potential for PTSD (coming from childhood, from pre-natal life, or from prior lifetimes). The levels of cortisol secreted would tend to be extreme … low, in case of PTSD, high in the case of sustained high stress (though, I note cortisol correlates with Venus, however, being a signature of stress, it seems to me it would be involved via the Uranus correlation ...)
* potential for memory issues or disorders, both in 'scene memory' associated with recognition of social context (10th House, Uranus/Saturn correlation with Parahippocampal gyrus), and face recognition (Uranus 4th House, I wonder the Fusiform face area would correlate with Uranus/Moon); also because the Cingulated cortex correlates with Uranus/Moon, being connected with emotion processing and memory; and further, because cortisol and adrenaline work together in creating short-term memories of emotional events, while long term levels of cortisol (as would be the case in sustained stress, versus PTSD) can damage cells in the Hyppocampus-Uranus-impacting on memory and learning
* Because of the Cingulated cortex correlation with Uranus/Moon, and because it relates with emotion processing, memory, and learning, it is associated with motivation. Thus, Mars 10th House reflects potential for depression, and fatigue, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, irritability, 'sudden and unexpected bouts of anger' (I'm quoting Spiritual Anatomy of Emotion).
* the Amygdala is connected with regulation of fight/fly response (Uranus/Mars), and further, with regulation of 'temporary immobility before flight or flight', and thus, it can create a 'freezing' response in some cases (10th House Mars)
* I wonder that the Prefrontal lobe, and the Orbitofrontal cortex can correlate with Uranus/Saturn, thus, with Mars in the 10th these areas would be highly activated or imbalanced in some cases reflecting desires to maintain external controls, or on the contrary, desires to lose social control. Also the Basal ganglia could be involved, dealing with 'action selection' and motor inhibitory control, with Mars being in the 10th House, because of the Basal ganglia correlation with Uranus (however, co-ruled by Jupiter) …. this would reflect a conflict between First and Third chakras … and the conflict between controlling and liberating of control would impact in the body movement, potentially creating neurological conditions such as Parkinson or Huntington's disease.
* in some cases, a potential for 'antisocial behavior' and aggression
* Because of Saturn/Moon correlation with Calcium, and Saturn correlations with Magnesium and Phosphorus, and the 10th House correlation with the skeleton, and Mars/Saturn correlation with muscles (and Mars/Uranus correlation with acetylcholine, and Mars with adrenaline, affecting the tension or stiffness/softness of muscles) there would be a potential impact on the structure of the bones. Given that cortisol affects the absorption of Calcium, the case would be different depending on whether sustained stress or PTSD exist. If sustained stress has existed since early childhood, there could be an impact of bone development and growth because of high levels of cortisol, leading to fragility of the bones, and osteoporosis.
* Because of 4th House correlation with stomach, and the umbilical and root chakras implied in digestion and elimination, the Uranus/Mars opposition could manifest a series of digestive issues.
* Given the 4th House correlation with the eyes, and the Uranus/Moon correlation with the Occipital lobe dealing with visual processing, the Uranus/Mars opposition could affect vision. One way this could occur is through imbalances of the inner blood pressure in the eye, or through a stroke affecting the Occipital lobe.
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Hi All,
Ok, Gonzalo has submitted his analysis so we can now proceed. I will be back here on Monday next to review all of your work, and then to move on to our next step.
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A Sandwich a Day: Steak Sandwich at Irazu
Reviews of Chicago sandwiches.
Man, people love Irazu. And I don't mean that it's always busy—which it is—but that people have some genuine connection to the place. Having lived in Bucktown for a year, I was well aware of the adoration before I stopped by last week, but the visit only reaffirmed that impression. Take what happened when a waitress asked a man nearby how everything was: he honestly admitted that he was in the process of texting his friend about how much he loved this place. I'm unsure if I've ever witnessed this before.
How does Irazu do it? I think the steak sandwich ($5.95) sums it up. Nothing revolutionary here, just a solid sandwich that is neither overstuffed nor too skimpy. It's all anchored by tender slices of marinated beef and crunchy sautéed onions. Along with some mayo, the sandwich also contains salsa Lizano, a Costan Rican sauce that is slightly sweet and spicy. While good on its own, a side of gallo pinto is a must.
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VANCOUVER—Eagle Keys, a Canadian Football Hall of Fame inductee who played in the 1954 Grey Cup on a broken leg, has died at the age of 89.
Keys won two Grey Cups as a player, with Montreal and Edmonton, and also coached the Saskatchewan Roughriders to their first CFL title in 1966.
"Eagle Keys is a legend in the CFL and will always hold a special place in the hearts of Rider fans," Roughriders president and CEO Jim Hopson said in a release Thursday.
"While he will always be thought of as one of the greatest coaches in CFL history, more importantly he was a tremendous person. Eagle was kind enough to join the Riders in 2006 as the team celebrated the 40th anniversary of our first Grey Cup championship. He will be missed by our entire organization."
Keys established his legendary status by playing the final game of his six-year CFL career with a broken bone in his knee. He helped his Edmonton Eskimos upset the heavily favoured Montreal Alouettes 26-25 in the 42nd Grey Cup at Varsity Stadium in Toronto.
His second Grey Cup victory as a player came after he won as a member of the 1949 Alouettes as they triumphed 28-15 over the Calgary Stampeders, also in Toronto.
He also appeared in the 1952 Grey Cup, only to see his Eskimos club lose to the host Toronto Argonauts on the same Varsity Stadium field on which he played his other two.
Keys played centre and linebacker for five years with Montreal (1949-51) and with the Eskimos (1952-54), being named to three CFL all-star teams.
He became a coach after retiring as a player, starting as an assistant in Edmonton in 1955. He became the Eskimos' head coach in 1959, a job he held until 1963.
He then moved to Saskatchewan (1965-70), where he guided the Roughriders to their historic first Grey Cup win. He also was the head coach of the B.C. Lions (1971-75), having replaced Jackie Parker.
Lions general manager Bob Ackles fired Keys six games into the 1975 season and replaced him with a future hall of fame coach, Cal Murphy.
Keys, who was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame as a builder in 1990, spent his later life in the Vancouver area.
Before moving to Canada, Keys was an outstanding centre and linebacker for the University of Western Kentucky Hilltopper football team in 1942 and, after serving in the Marine Corps in World War II, 1946 and 1947.
He also lettered in baseball as a pitcher and outfielder in three straight post-war years (1946-48). He was an All-Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference selection in football as a senior.
In 1946, his baseball team went a perfect 9–0, outscoring opponents by an average of five runs a game. His collegiate sporting achievements earned him entry into the Western Kentucky University Athletic Hall of Fame in 1994.


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On this weekly roundup we check out Robogeisha, a surprisingly versatile robot, half a Century of Nuclear Explosions, and Brooklyn is burning. Actually this sounds like a rather apocalyptic roundup for Independence Day.
Buckminster Fuller closes This Sunday July 5th at the MCA Chicago.
Scientists tour Creationism Museum: "And there was a feeling of unhappiness, too, about the extent to which mainstream scientists and evolutionists are demonized — that if you don't accept the Answers in Genesis vision of the history of Earth and life, you're contributing to the ills of society and of the church." via Boing Boing
Plural Blog has a video of Half a Century of Nuclear Explosions. 2053 atomic explosions have occurred. frightening and yet strangle hypnotic.
The Museum of Forgotten Art Supplies.
Glasstire breaks down the reasons why Jerry Saltz should have a blog.
Fan made Persepolis 2.0 documenting the post elections in Iran.
C-Monster linked to a pretty awesome aritcle on the new territory of Chelsea from a 1996 New York Magazine acticle titled, "Chelsea! It's the New SoHo! Maybe.
Brooklyn is Burning…"the one-night event takes gender bending to whole new heights, featuring the work of emerging artists interested in expanding the boundaries of sex, sexuality, the body and whatever is left in between." via Cool Hunting
Art Fag City speaks with casting director, Nick Gilhool of Bavo's new art reality show.
Robogeisha, narrated by someone that sounds eerily like Mike Benedetto . Ill take the Tengu Milk with the fried shrimp. via Sean Bonner
- The Woodmans - February 14, 2011
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On the idyllic campus of American Jewish University, in Los Angeles, and in an atmosphere that places great emphasis on personalized teaching, our students open their minds and hearts to the texts and traditions of our religion, feel the presence of God in their lives, and assume the ever-expanding roles and responsibilities offered to those entering the Conservative rabbinate of the 21st century.
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On Friday night, I had a Japanese Themed Game Night.
My nieces are huge anime/manga fans and therefore obsessed with all things Japanese.
A Japanese Themed Game Night seemed the right thing to do.
And the tasty way to do it.
(Who remembers those commercials? I seriously just dated myself there.)
My oldest niece, Emily, and I made Beef Sukiyaki and then I made crepes. Crepes, while not Asian, are very popular in Japan.
Or so I'm told.
So, what was the hit of the night?
Yeah, you read that right, they all went nuts over crackers.
Which were not the least bit Japanese and not the least bit hard to make.
Figures, doesn't it?
There were five teenagers here, and I thought there was going to be a thrown down over the crackers.
True story.
Four girls and the Bean. You know who would have won that fight, right?
Yeah, the girls. Totally the girls.
Yeah, the girls. Totally the girls.
The Bean has declared that I should make this everyday. Um.. I'll get right on that.
In the meantime, here's the recipe for you all:
Ranch Snackin' Crackers
inspired by this recipe
inspired by this recipe
1 packet of Ranch Dressing Mix
1 bag/box of Oyster Crackers
1/4 Cup of Oil
1/2 teaspoon of garlic powder or garlic salt (depending on your preference)
parmesan cheese (in the shaker)
Preheat oven to 200 degrees F
In a large bowl, mix the oil, garlic, and dressing mix together. Once well blended, add oyster crackers and toss until fully covered.
Place crackers in a single layer in a baking pan.
Bake for 20 mins, stirring every 5.
Remove from oven, and sprinkle with desired amount of parmesan cheese.
Toss again.
Allow to cool & enjoy.
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Temple Independent School District (ISD)
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- Temple ISD Website
Belton Independent School District (BISD), overlaps into the City of Temple on the west and southwest side of the city. Enrollment is approximately 9,200. BISD is highly regarded for its strong academic standing and top-rated programs in both elementary and secondary schools.
Belton ISD Website
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AISD has an enrollment of 998 students and was rated "Recognized" by the Texas Education Agency based on 1999 - 2000 Student performance data. AISD offers a comprehensive curriculum including the following programs: Gifted and Talented, Alternative Education, School to Work, Career and Technology, Dyslexia, Special Education, English as a Second Language, and Section 504.
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If you're like us, the 2010 Toyota Prius has as much appeal as acid eyewash, but today Toyota's teasing a new, smaller, more lime-green (two-door perhaps?) mini-Prius dedicated-hybrid concept ahead of a 2010 Detroit Auto Show reveal.
Press release below:
Toyota to Debut Dedicated Hybrid Concept at 2010 North American International Auto Show
TORRANCE, Calif., December 14, 2009 - - Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc. will stage the world debut of a new dedicated hybrid concept vehicle during the 2010 North American International Auto Show in Detroit.
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>From Global to Glocal: The Future of American Studies
The 43rd Annual International Conference of the American Studies
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Seoul, Korea
>From Global to Glocal: The Future of American Studies
Today we are witnessing an era of unprecedented economic, political,
military, technological, and cultural interconnection, namely an era of
globalization. In this era of globalization, the field of American
Studies faces both challenges and opportunities. Challenges arise in the
sense that globalization is often seen as loosely synonymous with
Americanization and the subjects of American Studies become targets of
criticism for helping to create a uniform world―a world where barriers
disappear, cultures become amalgamated into a global whole, and American
capitalism triumphs. Opportunities emerge as globalization precipitates
the response of the local and the formation of new identities over the
world, while American Studies is expected to uncover the twin process of
globalization of the local and the localization of globality.
American Studies continues to undergo significant changes. It is now
more of a study of diverse cultures and of diverse population than of one
single American character and it has attempted to cross the geographical
border of the United States and place American culture and society in a
global context. Some of the keywords that characterize recent studies
include "transnational," "intercultural," "multicultural," "diasporic,"
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debates concerning globalization, glocalization, and their relationship
to the United States and to Americanization.
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sociology, literature and cultural studies. Please submit a one-page
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PDE/API Tools/Architecture
API tooling will assist developers in API maintenance by reporting API defects such as binary incompatibilities, incorrect plug-in version numbers, missing or incorrect @since tags, and usage of non-API code between plug-ins. The tooling will be integrated in the Eclipse SDK and will be used in the automated build process. Specifically, the tooling is designed to do the following:
- Identify binary compatibility issues between two versions of a software component or product.
- Update version numbers for plug-ins (bundles) based on the Eclipse versioning scheme.
- Update @since tags for newly added classes, interfaces, methods, etc.
- Provide new javadoc tags and code assist to annotate types with special restrictions:
- @nosubclass - This class is not intended to be subclassed.
- @noinstantiate - This class is not intended to be instantiated.
- @noimplement - This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.
- @noreference - This type is not intended to be referenced by clients.
- Leverage existing information (in MANIFEST.MF) to define the visibility of packages between bundles.
- Identify usage of non-API code between plug-ins.
Similar to the way we develop and ship plug-ins (bundles), we want to be able to develop and ship API information. This information can then be used by the integrated API tooling or by the build process to report API defects. The developers of a plug-in will be responsible for maintaining associated API information. API tooling models APIs using the following abstractions.
- API Component - Describes the API of a software component. In our case a software component is a plug-in or bundle but the concept could be extended to other constructs such as a Java project. An API component has the following attributes:
- Symbolic Name - For example, plug-in identifier.
- Descriptive Name - A human readable name such as "Platform UI".
- Version - Identifies the version of the component. For example, "3.3.0".
- Class Files - Original class files (jars, folders, etc), or class file stubs (compressed version with same information).
- Required Execution Environment - Defines the execution environment required by the component for building and running. Execution environments are defined by standard OSGi profiles such as J2SE-1.4, CDC-1.1/Foundation-1.1, etc.
- Required API Components - Defines all components required by a component in terms of symbolic names and compatible version ranges.
- API Description - Defines visibility of elements within the component as API, SPI, private, or private permissable. Defines restrictions of elements within the component as not to be subclassed, instantiated, implemented or referenced.
- API Profile - A collection of related API components that can be compared with another profile. For example, all of the API components of the plug-ins in an Eclipse SDK. An API profile has the following attributes:
- API Components - The components contained in the profile.
- Execution Environment - The execution environment required by the profile for building and running.
- Symbolic Name - For example, "eclipse.sdk"
- Descriptive Name - For example, "Eurpoa"
- Version - For example, "3.3.0"
API tooling provides the following engines, analyzers, and tools that operate on the API components.
- Converter - Generates class file stubs from original class files. The stubs contain all member signature information and may optionally contain all original reference and line information. Stubs are typically smaller than original class files intended to reduce download and analysis time.
- Reference Scanner - Scans a class file compiling all references a class file makes to other class files.
- Delta Engine - Compares two versions of the same class file building a hierarchical delta of the differences between to the two files.
- Javadoc Scanner - Scans Java source for special javadoc restriction tags to annotate a component's API decription.
- Manifest Reader - Reads a bunlde's MANIFEST.MF to annotate a component's package level API description. For example, annotates exported packages as API or private with exceptions for specific components (friends).
Getting Started
Getting the Source Code
The source code for this implementation is available from the dev.eclipse.org CVS server in the /cvsroot/eclipse respository (
:pserver:firstname.lastname@example.com:/cvsroot/eclipse). You need to check out three projects from the manifest_tooling branch.
- Add the CVS server to your repositories view.
- Expand the server node, select the 'Branches' element in the tree and select "Refresh Branches..." from the context menu.
- In "Refresh Branches" dialog, select (check) the "pde-incubator" project.
- Press "Finish". When prompted with "Tags not found for some modules" press "Search Deeply".
- The "manifest_tooling" branch should now appear in the view. Expand the path "pde-incubator/api-tooling/plugins".
- Check out the these projects:
- org.eclipse.pde.api.tools
- org.eclipse.pde.api.tools.ui
- org.eclipse.pde.api.tools.tests
Rununing the JUnit Tests
The JUnit tests run as standard JUnit tests (i.e. not JUnit plug-in tests). However, the tests require two VM arguments:
- -DrequiredBundles={path to directory containing standard Eclipse plug-ins}
- -Dee.file={path to an .ee file}
For example,
-DrequiredBundles=c:\sdk20071031-0010\eclipse\plugins -Dee.file=c:\jdk1.5.0_10\bin\j2se1-5.ee.
The required bundles are used by the test suite to resolve any standard required bunldes in the test bunldes. The .ee file describes the execution environment required by API profiles in the test suite. Our tests require a J2SE-1.5 profile. A sample .ee file has the following contents:
-Djava.home=${ee.home}\.. -Dee.bootclasspath=..\jre\lib\rt.jar;..\jre\lib\jsse.jar;..\jre\lib\jce.jar;..\jre\lib\charsets.jar -Dee.language.level=1.5 -Dee.class.library.level=J2SE-1.5
The tests can be run individually, or you can run them all from the APIToolsTestSuite class.


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Bisons take twin-bill from Braves
The Bisons got their first series win with by sweeping the Gwinnett Braves in Sundays doubleheader at Coca-Cola Field. The Herd won the first game, 5-3, and the second, 2-1, thanks in large part to the long ball.
The Herd power surge came in the fifth inning of game one and the fourth inning of game two. In both games the Bisons were behind on the scoreboard.
Gwinnett was up early in the first game of the doubleheader, 3-0, before the Bisons struck back in the fifth inning. After Fernando Martinez ended Todd Redmond's 21 scoreless inning streak with a sacrifice fly scoring Mike Nickeas, the Bisons loaded the bases with two outs.
With Luis Figueroa on first Michael Fisher drew a walk with two outs and Redmond hit Lucas Duda to fill the bases with Bisons. Valentino Pascucci came to the plate with a golden opportunity to put runs on the board.
"I was the happiest guy when Duda got hit, I know he wasn't, but I was cause it gave me a shot with the bases loaded and a chance to drive in some runs," said Pascucci. "Fisher was battling, battling, battling and ended up getting a walk, Duda getting hit loading the base, and two strikes on Pascucci and he hits one out the other way," said manager Tim Teufel. "That's the difference in the ball game."
F. Martinez hit the Bisons last grand slam on June 14, 2011 in a, 7-6, walk-off win against Lehigh Valley. It was Pascucci's fourth homerun of the season and the 33rd hit by the Bisons, and only the eighth homerun that was not a solo-shot.
Down, 1-0, in the fourth inning of game-two Fisher drilled a solo-homerun over the wall in right-center to tie the game at, 1-1.
One batter later Duda hit a solo-homerun over the wall in left to give the Bisons a, 2-1, lead.
The Herd's bullpen pitched its way through the second game of the double header starting with John Lujan. Lujan made his first start since 2007 and was followed by Justin Hampson and then Ryota Igarashi.
"Lujan did a nice job giving us what he could," said Teufel.
After taking the lead, 2-1, the Herd danced out of trouble in the fifth and sixth inning. In the fifth the Herd escaped by picking off Braves call-up Antoan Richardson. After advancing runners to second and third on a balk, Igarashi struck out Ed Lucas to end the fifth.
In the sixth inning Igarashi had runners on first and third with one out. He got Wilkin Castillo to fly-out to Fisher and struck out Richardson to keep the score, 2-1.
Igarashi handed the ball to Manny Acosta to close out the game for the win and give the Bisons their first series win of the season and improve their home record to, 16-14.
Game Notes: The Bisons hit the first grand slam of the season and the first since June 14, 2010…Fernando Martinez drove in his first RBI since being put on the clubs active roster Friday..LHP Mark Cohoon was also added to the Bisons active roster…John Lujan made his eighth career start and first since May 24, 2007, when he started for Winston-Salem…The Bisons Homerun total moved to 35, 27 of the 35 are solo-shots.


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This VINTAGE VALENTINE'S COOKIE DECORATING PARTY was sent in to my by the fabulous Jenny Keller of Jenny Cookies. I've said it before, and I'll say it again, Jenny is one talented gal. I can't imagine how it would be to put on such a fabulous party-- styling everything-- AND hand making all the desserts & treats! I don't know how she does it.
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Haynie carries Spartans into Kansas City final
KANSAS CITY, Mo. What a great day to be a Spartan.
Shortly after the men reached the Final Four on Sunday with a dramatic double-overtime victory over Kentucky, Kristin Haynie had a triple-double and led Michigan States women past Vanderbilt 76-64 in the semifinals of the Kansas City Regional.
Haynie, a 5-foot-8 senior guard, had just two points in the first half that was mostly dominated by the Commodores. But she finished with 13 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists for the second triple-double in the programs 32-year history.
The top-seeded Spartans (31-3), who never even reached the round of 16 in five previous tournaments, scored 18 of the first 21 points of the second half. They are now a win away from the womens Final Four.
Liz Shimek, their top scorer who was held without a point in the first half, got the blitz started with a layup.
Lindsay Bowen then followed with a long 3-pointer.
Rene Haynes stole a pass and drove in for a bucket, and the stunned Commodores (24-8), who led 37-30 at the break, could not regroup until the Michigan State lead reached 57-44 on Laura Halls second straight basket.
In the regional final on Tuesday night, the Spartans will meet either Stanford or three-time defending national champion Connecticut, who played later Sunday night.
Dee Davis finally stopped the Michigan State surge when she hit a 3 for Vanderbilt with 9:40 left. But the Spartans made 18 of 29 second-half shots, and the closest the Commodores came until the final minute was 61-55 when Ashley Earley sank two free throws at 6:29.
Haynie quickly got the lead back into double figures with a 6-footer that made it 69-58.
Carla Thomas, Vanderbilts 6-3 power forward, had 16 points in the first half but only six in the second. Her reverse layup got the Commodores to 69-64 with 39.5 seconds left, but Michigan State scored the final seven points en route to its school-record 15th straight win.
Thomas, who usually works inside with Earley, popped in a succession of 12 and 15-footers to help the fifth-seeded Commodores get off to a surprisingly fast start. Vanderbilt led by as many as 10 in the first half as Liz Shimek, the Spartans 6-2 junior who scored 32 points in opening-round games over Alcorn State and Southern Cal, went scoreless.
Vanderbilts Abi Ramsey, who broke three school records for 3-point shooting this season, was 2-for-3 from beyond the arc in the first half but 0-for-3 in the second.
With their usual balanced attack, Kelli Roehrig had 18 points for the Spartans. Lindsay Bowen had 14 points, and Haynes 12.
Thomas had 22 points for Vanderbilt and Earley 15.
Haynes sparked the Spartans 13-5 run late in the first half, erasing all but two points of a 10-point deficit.
Thomas then made a pair of free throws, Dee Davis hit an uncontested 3, and Ramsey, taking a great pass from Thomas, got a layup to get the lead back to 32-25.


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"Apple is not tracking the location of your iPhone. Users are Confused."
This headline is two quotes from the Apple's response to the allegations that they are tracking people's location. They go on to say, "Apple has never done so and has no plans to ever do so." Simply put, they state, "Users are confused."
You can find their full comments in their response titled Apple Q&A on Location Data."
This release of information struck me as a bit silly. My summary of Apple's comments are that they are not tracking you or your phone. No, they aren't. Rather, they are tracking the ground you are standing on when you are holding your phone. See, that makes it okay because it isn't exactly you. Okay, it isn't exactly the ground you where you are standing, but close enough!
This reminds me of Google's comment "do no evil." Every time I hear that, my thoughts are, "Because we say we don't do evil, it must be true."
How naïve to think that by saying something people will believe it.
Apple goes on to identify many of the location tracking items as bugs. The tracking of a years' data is a bug. The continued tracking even when location based services are turned off is also a bug. As a developer, we called 'bugs' features to discount them. It seems that when people don't like a feature, we now get to call them a bug rather than a design error -- or an "oopsie!"
The other tidbit I liked in the release from Apple was the statement I mentioned before. They stated:
"Apple is not tracking the location of your iPhone. Apple has never done so and has no plans to ever do so."
If you then read the answer to another question later in the Q&A, they state:
"Apple is now collecting anonymous traffic data to build a crowd-sourced traffic database with the goal of providing iPhone users an improved traffic service in the next couple of years."
They are not tracking your cell phone, but they are tracking traffic data from you. They don't plan to use the data they are not collecting, but they are collecting it to build a traffic service based on the data.
It seems to me that Apple needs to write a Q&A on their Q&A.
The reality is that today's mobile devices have GPS features built into them. As users, most of us like to use these futures to find directions for navigating and more. I've used my phone to help me get to locations and I appreciated the functionality. The fact that such devices are tracking information should not be a surprise. In my opinion, the biggest issue with the Apple situation is that there was an unencrypted file containing the location data. That seems like an obvious bug to me. The second issue is the reports that locations are still tracked if location based services are turned off. That does seem like a critical issue, especially when Apple states they are tracking the anonymous data to use for their gain -- for a future service.


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From overworked mechanics to desperate car salesmen, there are a lot of terrible, terrible jobs in the world of cars. Which one is the worst?
Right now, you couldn't have a job that sucks harder than the people working PR for Suzuki Cars. All the guys at the big company picnic you see from the quads, bikes, and marine divisions are universally loved. You, on the other hand, are completely ignored. Even when you built a decent car no one really cares because they've forgotten you build cars and you have almost no budget or support and bad alliances with automakers. I mean, that's just got to be depressing at this point.
So what job, whether it's with a car company, factory, or in the auto service industry, is the worst of all?
(QOTD is your chance to address the day's most pressing automotive questions and to experience the opinions of the insightful insiders, practicing pundits, and gleeful gearheads that make up the Jalopnik commentariat. If you've got a suggestion for a good Question of the Day, send an email to tips at jalopnik dot com.)
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Screenshot of Leonard Nimoy in Y2K Family Survival Guide (1999).
In December, Perry Chen organized a panel discussion at the New Museum (copresented with Rhizome and Creative Time Reports) exploring the phenomenon and legacy of the Y2K bug, as part of his ongoing project Computers in Crisis. Along with a presentation of books and video clips from the time, he assembled three Y2K experts to share their own experiences of preparing for 1/1/00, at which point many computer systems were expected to interpret the two-digit date as "1900" rather than "2000," with harrowing results.


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Reader Katie asked what we thought of this move: moving first round pick Brian Bulaga from left tackle to left guard. Mike McCarthy is apparently trying this and has indicated that the competition for the LG spot is open. Interesting. As Bob McGinn speculates, this means that McCarthy is either not satisfied with Colledge's play over the last few years or that he just thinks Bulaga has THAT much upside. (Or, of course most likely, both.)
I have written before about my concerns with McCarthy shuffling the O-Line and how this has can be disruptive to team chemistry and disruptive to the overall development of our O-Linemen. I generally believe that players are drafted to play certain positions because they played those positions well in college. Messing with that too much is usually not a good idea.
However, there are exceptions. When one guy just isn't that good, it is the job of the coach (and the GM) to figure out how to get a better player in there. And when a guy is talented enough to make a position change at the NFL level, it might be worth at least investigating because if it works out, fundamentally, the coach is doing his job of putting the best players on the field. So in this particular case with Colledge and Bulaga, I'm all for trying Bulaga out at LG mostly because Daryn Colledge is not that good. Colledge isn't terrible and he's had some good games. But overall, he's just not that good and replacing him might yield better overall productivity from our LG position. I've said this before about Colledge: he strikes me as one of those guys who doesn't have that nasty streak you want your O-Linemen to have. (The tattoos are a farce, my guess is that they are of the stick-on variety…) Colledge just seems too comfortable with his station in life as an NFL player – earning a nice paycheck, having a nice life – he appears to me to lack that edge. So again, because Bulaga by most accounts appears to be extra talented and the coach believes that he would be talented enough to be able to make a position switch at the NFL level, I'm all for trying it out at least. One very important part of any experiment like this, however, is that the coaches monitor the situation carefully and that they not be afraid to abandon the whole thing if it's not working. It's not good to have starting positions up for grabs right up to Week One. Try this for a few weeks to see how it works out and go from there.
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In this recent post from the Solar blog, anttih shows how to use the Solar registry to automatically load and register objects when it starts up.
Solar_Registry is a class for storing singleton objects which are used usually for things like SQL objects and the response and request objects. Now what's interesting, is that in the new version of Solar a new configuration key registry_set was added for the Solar arch-class. You can use it to tell Solar to automatically add objects to the registry when it starts up.
He compares the two methods - manual loading and the automatic version and includes a "real world" example of loading up an SMTP object.


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Renault insists that the problems that have struck its Formula 1 teams are fixable by the next Bahrain test.
The French car manufacturer has had a difficult time at Jerez in Spain this week, with its teams struggling with reliability. Most in the spotlight has been Red Bull, with the reigning champion outfit completing just 14 laps over the course of the first three days.
But as work continues at Renault's Viry-Chatillon base on Thursday night to implement solutions, the company's F1 engine chief Rob White has made it clear that its problems are curable by Bahrain.
In the meantime, Renault is focusing on workaround solutions to the software issues that have blighted its running this week so its teams can complete valuable mileage on Friday.
"We are extremely confident that the problems we have experienced can be dealt with," White said. "We don't have a single minor problem or indeed a big howler that is causing the trouble.
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The 11th Annual Cesar Chavez Lecture Series at Hope College will take place on Tuesday, March 31.
This year's keynote address, "César Chávez' Legacy in Obama's America," will be presented at 4 p.m. in the DeWitt Center main theatre by Dr. Ilan Stavans, who is the Lewis-Sebring Professor in Latin American and Latino Culture and Five College-Fortieth Anniversary Professor at Amherst College. A book signing and reception will follow.
The public is invited. Admission is free.
Stavans is an internationally known, award-winning cultural critic, linguist, translator, public speaker, editor, short-story writer, and TV host, whose best-selling work focuses on language, identity, politics, and history. His publications include the 2008 book "César Chávez: An Organizer's Tale," which collects speeches and writings by Chávez.
Born in Mexico in 1961 into a Jewish family with roots in Eastern Europe, Stavans was raised in a multilingual environment. His autobiography, "On Borrowed Words," appeared in 2001, followed four years later by "Dictionary Days."
He is best known for his research on Yiddish, Ladino, and, in particular, Spanglish. In 2003, he published "Spanglish: The Making of a New American Language," which includes a lexicon of approximately 6,000 terms and a Spanglish translation of the first chapter of "Don Quixote." He is completing a translation of the entire novel by Miguel de Cervantes. He is the author of a couple of award-winning short-story collections, including "The Disappearance."
An internationally released feature film co-produced by John Sayles was based on his story "Morirse está en hebreo." He is currently finishing a meditation on the Hebrew alphabet, a book on love, and a biography of Gabriel García Márquez. His work has been translated into a dozen languages. A reader of his work was published by Routledge.
Stavans is the recipient of numerous awards, fellowships, and other honors, including an Emmy nomination, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the National Jewish Book Award, the Latino Hall of Fame Award, Chile's Presidential Medal, and several grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities. His essays are published in periodicals such as the "Washington Post," "El País," "Le Monde," the "Chronicle of Higher Education," the "Los Angeles Times," the "San Francisco Chronicle," the "Forward," the "Times Literary Supplement," the "Boston Globe," the "New York Times," the "Nation" and the "New Republic."
He has collaborated with musicians, opera librettists, cartoonists, actors, filmmakers, educators, and politicians in a variety of projects. He has been involved in museum exhibitions on art, photography, and folklore. Between 2001 and 2006, he hosted the syndicated PBS show "Conversations with Ilan Stavans," which included a companion book.
He is widely known as an anthologist and is responsible for, among other volumes, "The Oxford Book of Jewish Stories," the centennial edition of "The Poetry of Pablo Neruda," the three-volume Library of America edition of Isaac Bashevis Singer's "Collected Stories," and "The Shocken Book of Modern Sephardic Literature." Stavans is also editor-in-chief of the multivolume "Encyclopedia Latina," a reference book about every aspect of Latino life in the United States.
Stavans joined the faculty at Amherst in 1993. He has also taught at Columbia, Oberlin, Mount Holyoke, Bennington and Smith, among other institutions. An editor of the quarterly "Hopscotch," he is also co-founder of the Great Books Summer Program at Amherst and Stanford, which is dedicated to introducing canonical works of world literature to middle- and high-school students. Professor Stavans has lectured extensively in Europe, Latin America, Asia, the Middle East and all across the United States.
The Cesar Chavez celebration at Hope is named in honor of Cesar E. Chavez (1927-93), who played a leading role in the 1960s in organizing the nation's migrant farm workers, and was the first head of the National Farm Workers Association, later the United Farm Workers. March 31, his birthday, is the official Cesar E. Chavez Day of Service and Learning, which is a holiday in multiple states, including Michigan, and dozens of cities and counties throughout the nation.
The lecture on March 31 is underwritten by the Chrysler Corporation and co-sponsored by the college's La Raza Unida student organization, Office of Multicultural Education, and Dean for International and Multicultural Education.
The DeWitt Theatre is located at 141 E. 12th St., facing Columbia Avenue at 12th Street.


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More science on the International Space Station thanks to ESA's "glovebox"
ESA PR 52-2001. On Tuesday 16 October the European Astrium consortium will be ready to ship, from its Bremen establishment in Germany to NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida, the microgravity science glovebox (MSG), one of the first ESA elements conducting science on the International Space Station.
On the same day there will be a press briefing by ESA, Astrium and NASA specialists, followed by a visit to the cleanroom.
The MSG will enable astronauts on board the ISS to perform a wide variety of materials, combustion, fluids and biotechnology experiments and investigations in the microgravity environment. It is slated for launch in the mini pressurised logistic module in May 2002.
This science facility provides an enclosed and sealed work volume fitted with lighting, mechanical, electrical, data, gas and vacuum connections, and thermal control for operation of experiments. The work volume is accessible through built-in gloves which isolate the experiment from the environment and the operator. The MSG is integrated in an international standard rack (ISPR) and can operate in open mode, with air circulating from the work volume to the Space Station cabin, or in closed mode, with air circulating within the MSG only. In addition, the MSG has the capability to maintain an inert atmosphere with dry nitrogen such that the oxygen volume is kept equal to or less than 10%.
The MSG facility was built for NASA for a projected operational use of ten years. It will be accommodated initially in the United States Laboratory (USLab) but could be moved later to ESA's Columbus Laboratory. ESA will have utilisation rights over this facility and will pre-screen European proposed experiments that could be accommodated by it.
After arrival at KSC on 23 October, the MSG will be submitted to preliminary check-out before undergoing a long series of tests on interfaces with the Space Station. If all goes according to plan, on 18 February 2002 the MSG will be installed in the mini pressurised logistic module and will be ready for its long operational life on board ISS.
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Dan Jeff has been talking with a lot of strangers of late. Some have been good-natured and polite and sympathetic.
Others, not so much.
Those strangers don't seem to believe it when he tells them that they, not he, initiated their conversation.
All of the strangers called him while apparently curious about why the heck someone named Dan Jeff had phoned them without leaving a message, Jeff tells me. They had all seen the Bradenton retiree's name and number on their caller ID record, and though most people who saw that probably ignored the missed calls and never made a return call to Jeff's number, about 30 people have called Jeff back over the past several days days.
That some were pretty grumpy about the inconvenience sort of amuses Jeff, it seems, because when given the chance, he nicely explains that the inconvenience is mostly his, and that he never called any of those people and had no desire to. They are the ones making his phone ring all the time.
He was baffled about that at first, he says, but now knows it involves what the Federal Communications Commission calls "phone spoofing." It is a trick that, despite the name, isn't really a joke but rather part of a scam or, at the least, a ploy for getting away with illegal sales and solicitation calls.
Since caller ID can track sales people making illegal calls barred by the "Do Not Call" registry, some people making improper calls use a trick that shows a phony caller ID. Though many must use a phone number that is not in use, someone is using Jeff's number and name.
As a result, about 30 people have called him and asked him or his wife why they called. While most listen to Jeff's explanation and find it interesting and then apologize for bothering the Jeffs, others act as if they think Jeff is up to something sneaky or at least must be lying to cover up for bad dialing.
"I've had some fun conversations about it," Jeff said.
He's getting tired of it, though. He is trying to avoid having to change his number. But the FCC offered no other obvious solution aside from hoping the calls stop soon.
The FCC says spoofing is used by identity thieves seeking "sensitive information such as your bank account or other financial account numbers, your social security number, your date of birth or your mother's maiden name" and may pretend to be calling from "your bank, credit card company, or even a government agency."
But even if it is just some smarmy sales hustler faking an ID, the Truth in Caller ID Act prohibits ID spoofing if the aim is to profit or "defrauding or otherwise causing harm."
The FCC invites complaints from anyone who suspects a caller ID has been falsified. You can file a complaint at 1-888-225-5322. Violators face a fine of up to $10,000 per violation.
At that rate, by Jeff's estimate, his name and number were used in calls worthy of a $300,000 fine.
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Lyons: Don't call me; I didn't call you. Really.
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One of the best philosophies to live by comes from Shrek, who belches and declares, "Better out than in, I always say." When it comes to emotions, they always feel better out than in. Sad? Mad? Feeling bad? Write about it, talk about it, cry it out. Except a new study says: Not so fast.
The Body Odd reports that in a study published in the Journal of Research in Personality, scientists found little evidence of any psychological payoffs from crying. "Crying is not nearly as beneficial as people think it is," says Jonathan Rottenberg, an associate professor of psychology at the University of South Florida in Tampa, and the study's lead author.
Dude, people are always talking about having a "good cry." Good as in beneficial. Good as in, That felt amazing, getting that out. Now I am exhausted but at least I am not holding a bunch of stuff in.
One thing you have to wonder about the study — in which 97 Dutch women, aged 18 to 48, participated — is whether being told to record your mood and your crying affects how you feel about your moods and your crying. Because if crying doesn't make you feel better, then, I mean, what have we been doing all these years?
Still, even though the people who had a "good" cry were in the minority, the study found that:
participants who sobbed with the greatest intensity — but not for the longest amount of time — enjoyed the biggest bang from their bawling: Their moods benefitted the most from shedding tears.
Cry it out, people. Better out than in.
Crying Shame: Tears Don't Make You Feel Any Better, Study Shows [Body Odd/MSNBC]